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Thinking About All These Confirmation Hearings Going On This Week..... (Original Post) global1 Jan 2017 OP
Serves them right. Phoenix61 Jan 2017 #1
They're probably making all the same marybourg Jan 2017 #2
Hearings canceled..... dixiegrrrrl Jan 2017 #3
Fascinating to see the repubs trying to sneak everyone through in a mass confirmation... Blue_Tires Jan 2017 #4

dixiegrrrrl

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3. Hearings canceled.....
Wed Jan 11, 2017, 02:10 AM
Jan 2017
WASHINGTON Senate Republicans, under increasing pressure to ensure that President-elect Donald J. Trumps nominees are fully vetted by federal authorities, have delayed the hearings of four potential cabinet members, three of whom have not been cleared by the agency charged with unraveling potential conflicts of interest.

Hearings for Betsy DeVos, Mr. Trumps choice to lead the Department of Education; Andrew Puzder, his labor secretary nominee; and Representative Mike Pompeo, Republican of Kansas, Mr. Trumps pick to lead the Central Intelligence Agency, have all been pushed back as Democrats clamor for more time to collect and review the standard background checks that nominees traditionally undergo before their hearings commence.


https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/10/us/politics/donald-trump-cabinet-nominations.html?_r=0
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